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CORNER IRON FOR WAGON SEATS. N0.-253,376. Patented Feb. 7,1882.

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DAVID H. HARRIS, OF'DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOIt OF ONE-HALF TO I EDWARD Gr. CHAPMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

CORNER-IRON FORWAGON-SEATS.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,376, dated February '7, 1 882.

' Application filed December 9, 1881.- No model.) I

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID H. HARRIS, acitizen ofthe United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Na-gon- Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention, which relates to wagon and other seats, has for its object to strengthen and protect the corners of the seat without changing or altering the seat to receive the same, and atthe same time produce a cheapand neat article for the purpose.

My invention consists in the novel construction of the angular or curved corner-piece, as 'will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of a vehicle-seat, showing my improved corner-piece.

Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the corner plate or piece. 7

The letter A represents an ordinary vehicleseat composed of the end pieces, I), back c,.and seat-boa rd '(l. The end pieces and back, which are united in the usual way, form angular corners inthis instance. To strengthen or make these uniting corners (either angular or curved) firm is the object of my invention.

To accomplish the object hereinbefore stated Iconstruct an angular plate or piece, B, made of cast or malleable iron, or other suitable material having the desired strength, as seenin Fig. 3 of the drawings. 'This angular plate, which is intended to fit the inner angular corner of.a vehicle seat, as shown in Fig. 1, is formed or constructed with rounding re-en'forcing ribs 6, bottom flange, f, and top flange, h, said ribs and flanges being formed or provided Fig.2 is a transverse sectional view taken through the line :0 w of with countersunk holes for the reception of fastoiling-screws. Thisangularplateisalsoi'ormed or provided with outward-extending arms 70 with socket Z, (see Fig. 1,) for the supportingrods of a cover or buggy-top. This angular plateB,with itsattachments,ispreferablymade of cast metal, owing to cheapness; but it is obvious that they can be struck up of sheet metal or molded out of paper-pulp or pa pier- Inach. By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the .drawings it will be seen that these angular pieces or plates are fitted and attached in the corners of the made seat by means of the on dinary screws, and that no changing or altering of the seat is required to fit and secure these pieces in place. The flanges f and h, that fit over the bottom corner-joint and the upper edges of the end'and back, are for the purpose of directing ofl the water and preventing the same from getting under the metal.

For seatswith curved corners the cornerpieces will be correspondingly curvedr I amaware that it is not broadly new with me to provide a vehicle-seat with corner-irons adapted to be fitted to the upper face of the seat-bottom and the upper edge and inner face of the end and back pieces atthe point where flanges, h, and the reenforcing ribs c, with extensions forming socket-arms, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

DAVID H. HARRIS. Witnesses:

Jim. B. UORLISS, FRED. J BLOOM. 

